Fastest Man on Earth by 5 1000ths of a second. 🥇Olympic 100 M

[underpants]

Noah Lyles (USA) – 9.79 (.784)
Kishane Thompson (Jamaica) – 9.79 (.789)
Fred Kerley (USA) – 9.81
Akani Simbane (South Africa) – 9.82
Lamont Marcell Jacobs (Italy) – 9.85
Letsile Tebogo (Botswana) – 9.86
Kenneth Bednarek (USA) – 9.88
Oblique Seville (Jamaica) – 9.91

https://www.aljazeera.com/sports/liveblog/2024/8/4/paris-olympics-2024-live-track-field-mens-100m-sprint-gold-medal-race

[SleeplessinSoCal]

1. How on earth could this be decided...

... without replay on slo-mo video?

[ProfessorGAC]

12. That's How They Did It

If you watch those races, you'll see both a finish lone camera & a camera on a track that runs to the left of lane 1.
The finish line camera is called a FinishLynx, and it operates at 20,000 frames per second.
With these guys running at about 1020 cm/s, the camera can discern a difference of around 0.2mm! That's around the thickness of a sheet of printer paper. Pretty amazing stuff.

[underpants]

35. We thought the Jamaican Thompson won. Then I saw they both 9.79 times

Last edited Sun Aug 4, 2024, 05:55 PM - Edit history (1)

The front page of Google has 9.79 for both. Al Jazeera had the 3 decimals I posted.

When Lyles ripped off his name my wife and I (she ran track) were like Huh? When they finally got to the reply it showed that Lyle’s won. Kerley’s (US Bronze) foot was actually across first but that doesn’t count of course (safety I think).

Man, Lyle’s last 5-6 footfalls (and push offs) were truly a whole other gear.

[ProfessorGAC]

44. I Thought Ths Jamaican Guy Won Too

It wasn't until the slo-mo replay that I saw he leaned into the line first.
If Lyles had a hood start, (and he rarely does), nobody could touch him. His top gear is unreal.

[BlueTsunami2018]

2. Photo finish.

Good race.

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

3. this?

[ProfessorGAC]

13. Not Showing Up

Says playback on other sites disabled by the content owner.
Been seeing a lot of that this week.

[Doc Sportello]

21. You can still watch it on Youtube.

Just click the lower link.

[ProfessorGAC]

22. I Noticed That

Tried that yesterday & it worked. I find it odd that there are copyright concerns over an event that's already over. But, it's their property; they can do as they please.

[tulipsandroses]

4. Congrats to Noah!! - I thought Kishane had it. I keep watching the replay and still can't see that Noah edged him out

But they have more sophisticated equipment than my 4 eyes. Terrific run by Noah,

[onecaliberal]

9. It's not measured by the foot but rather the clavicles.

[FarPoint]

52. I learned that today....

When the evaluation of the race was being conducted and explained, they said it's the clavicle.....I'm glad this was shared in the explanation on TV and at the Olympics.

[Nimble_Idea]

5. nbc still hasn't put it up

[underpants]

29. I know. That's why I went looking. The first thing said both were 9.79

I said Huh? Al Jazeera had it to three decimals.

[RidinWithHarris]

6. At a certain point I think these competitions simply become games of chance based on statistical noise...

…not true rankings of talent and skill.

[TheProle]

11. Disagree

Athletes at this level are finely-tuned machines and monitoring technology is superb. They strive for fractions of a second and the machines can measure it. That makes the winner the winner.

[malaise]

19. Not true

Lyles won fair and square and I was screaming for Kishane.

[RidinWithHarris]

38. I'm not debating "fair and square"... the rules are the rules

But I'd bet that if you could hypothetically run these competitions multiple times people with millisecond differences in timing would swap places back and forth in the rankings.

[JCMach1]

7. His chest lean won... So close

[onecaliberal]

10. Yes. His clavicles were the first to cross.

[JCMach1]

15. Literally the Jamaican stood up because his foot crossed ahead of everyone

Super close

[onecaliberal]

16. That's why people lean. I'm surprised he didn't lean.

[underpants]

31. This was Thompson's first ever global championship race

He’d never been in an Olympics or a World Championship race. He’s 23 so he has experience and coaching. Maybe that’s just how he runs.

[underpants]

30. Kerley (USA) foot was actually first. I think this is a safety thing

and it goes way back. You can have people flailing a foot across the line and possibly tripping people at full speed. Diving doesn’t help either staying on your feet has been proven to be faster.

Lyles last 5-6 footfalls (and push offs) were massive.

[onecaliberal]

32. Happy for the guy. They all work so hard for it.

[True Dough]

8. Not impressed

I can make it from my recliner to the fridge in less than 9 seconds and I'm not even going at top speed!

[WestMichRad]

18. I can make it to the bathroom even faster, when it's urgent!

[True Dough]

26. No medals for that, I'm afraid

but you get to sit on the throne!

[PCIntern]

14. Amazing...and now I'm wstching

Women’s Beach Volleyball. Interesting camera angles.

[Permanut]

20. I think there's a ball in there somewhere.

Seriously, superb athletes.

[malaise]

17. Closest 100 in 62 years

Experience was the difference. Kishane’s first Olympics.
Well done Noah Lyles.
Kishane was self critical in the interview with one of our journalists. Execution was the difference he said.

[tulipsandroses]

25. Yes - Good show though for his first Olympics. I hope he stays healthy AND I hope he has a good sports psychologist if

needed. I always thought that Asafa Powell, could have achieved greater success. Seems like when it came to the big games, he'd fall apart. Looking forward to see what Kishane does in the future.

[malaise]

28. Bet you didn't know that the winner of the Women's

100m St Lucian Julien Alfred attended St Catherine high school in said parish here in JA before heading to college in the US.

[tulipsandroses]

39. Oh I didn't know that. With Shericka out of the 200 m, she might be able to pull off a double.

Will be between her and Gabby Thomas.

[malaise]

41. Yes indeed

She attended Leon Hess Comprehensive Secondary School in Saint Lucia (2013–2015) and St. Catherine High School in Jamaica (2015–2018). She then pursued a bachelor's degree in Youth & Community Studies at the University of Texas in the United States, combining academic studies and athletics.

————
Quite a few high school student athletes from the English-speaking Caribbean and from several countries in Africa attend our high schools and compete in Champs. She was one of them.

[tulipsandroses]

23. OK, I see it now.

Link to tweet

[walkingman]

24. I think they should share the gold.....

[Elessar Zappa]

46. Why?

Lyles won, fair and square.

[walkingman]

49. Sportsmanship...it was basically a tie.

[Polybius]

54. Except that it wasn't n/t

[rurallib]

27. I am fully expecting Trump to claim victory in a 3AM tweet in all caps

he will claim he was so fast he couldn't even be seen.

[malaise]

34. 😂😀😂

Too good

[underpants]

36. I second that. 😆

[malaise]

33. The fastest man on earth is

Usain Bolt😀

[obamanut2012]

37. That was something!

Watched it live, then again like five times in a row.

Won by a stride! One big, bright orange spike!

[BootinUp]

40. "Missed it by that much" - Maxwell Smart. nt

[a kennedy]

42. I was actually kinda rooting for the other two Americans......

Not a real fan of the winner…….although was moved when he was hugging his family. I just wish he could have been more humble. JMHO.

[underpants]

47. At the introductions when he went up course working up the crowd

I said “You better win dude.”

He did. Getting fired up and keeping the muscles warm is part of it. I get what you are saying but we’re talking highly energized fast twitch muscle stuff.

[rog]

43. That was amazing ...

... and shows how incredible it will be to watch someone beat Usain Bolt's 9.58 WR. It'll happen sometime ... maybe it will be Noah.

I watched a short interview with him on the NBC website, and he's been working really hard, for example, putting himself into world-class 60m competition to work on the first half of his 100m run. This was a great race to watch. He really puts the hammer down in the last half of the 100! What I noticed in a slow motion shot of him running straight at the camera (in another race) was that he has an amazing amount of air time ... his foot contact is really brief - he's just flying ... and it looks like he gets his knees up a few cm higher than the other runners. You can see it in this race, too, if you watch at 25% speed.

I really enjoyed watching that ... thanks for posting.

[underpants]

48. Yeah his last 5-6 footfalls were explosive.

He passed the South African Simbine with 1-2 steps.

[underpants]

50. Sorry, I forgot this. Speaking of flying

I saw Randy moss play a few games at Marshall. My whole family is Marshall.

Ohio U (not State) Bobcats were in town for an a whooping.
My brother and I (the only game I think he saw) watched Miss take the second half kick off near the goal line. The Bobcats coverage looked to split a bit. Stay in your lane. As I started thinking “If he hits that gap…”. But the time I got to “If he..” he was through the gap.

His left foot hit the 40, left 35, right 30, left 25, right 20.in football gear. 5 steps. 20 yards. 60 feet. The closest I’ve ever witnessed to a human flying.

My brother (never at a loss for words) says as my mouth is agape, “Was he flying?” We cracked up. It was right there in front of both of us.

[Rhiagel]

45. First time ever with all participants under 10 seconds and a legal wind.

Helluva race! Congratulations to Lyles. The U.S. tied China with Gold medals so far. I do feel bad for Thompson, though. He needs to work on his leaning at the finish.

[underpants]

51. Legal wind. Thanks hadn't heard or considered that

He’s 23 but this was his first global championship. No World championship races. First Olympics.

He posted a 9.91 at the Jamaican preliminaries. Coach planned on that being it apparently. It was enough to get him in the team. Injury problems but it’s like he came out of nowhere.

6’ 1” 170
Looks bigger.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kishane_Thompson

[Rhiagel]

53. Lyles is supposedly 5'11"

The shorter guy had the better lean. Bolt never had to worry about that! Thompson will probably have another crack at it in '28. Plenty of time to work on his finish. I can't ever remember seeing a more competitive 100m. Best wishes to all those incredible athletes.

[iluvtennis]

55. Time elasped photo of the race and also a cute Cars meme

Lyles wins by a tongue